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Old 05-26-2004, 10:03 AM
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iridium ngks or plat ngks

When i brought my max it had bosch plat plugs I put iridium plugs in it after a few months, but now i am thinking of going to the plat ngks. what is recomended?
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Old 05-27-2004, 09:00 AM
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Plat NGK are OEM specification.
I would only use NGK in there.
I would recommend that you use NGK coppers though. They are just as good, if not a little better spark(copper conducts better than platinum), and they are 1/3 the cost. You will have to replace them every 30K miles rather than every 60k miles with the plats. The plats are like $12 each though, and the coppers are under $2.

Here is the stock for the coppers if you want them:
BKR5E-11. You have to ask for them specifically or they will not know what you are talking about. In all the computers at the stores I went to, all they had in there for the Maxima were the plats. That is whey you have to tell them the stock number.
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Old 05-27-2004, 09:33 AM
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I agree with everything Brudaddy said. I went from plats to coppers with NO degradation of performance. Also use the coppers if you run nitrous.

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Old 05-27-2004, 10:11 PM
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Don't waste your money on either. Use coppers, they are proven to have a better spark. Plats and Iri's are mearly plated copper for longevity. Coppers only last like 20k, but oh well, they are cheaper and work better.


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